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Charles Robert Gerrard Allen

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ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE, [ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE GREENWICH] c1917 Officers Group Photo.Back row- T. Pierard, R.W. Gunson, H. Hamilton, H.E. Goodwin, G.D. Hill, C.I. Denham, S.P. Dalton , W.A. Wilson, L. Stubbs, H.A. Rhind, G.T. George, C.R.G. Allen. Fourth row- T. Turnbull, H.V.M. Hazard, R.A. Adams, R. Urquhart , R.M. Watson, S.P. Simpson, G.L. Hancock, H.C. Spinley, C.V. Brown, G.C. Maltby, B. Spencer, H.R. Cole. Third row- W.H. Hislop, A.T. Black, W.P. Endean, H.N. Jarvis, R.A. Kirkwood, A.G. Jackson, J.F.S. Briggs, A.C.W. Cozens, S.R. Mason, W.A. Currie, W.A.R. Jones, W.S. Douglas. Second row -F.C. Burgess, G. Harden, H.W. Harris, D.E.J. MacVean, A.B. Welch, M.G. Raymond, L.A. Hooke, G.F. Bothamley, M.S. Kirkwood, W.A.H. Garden, L.M. Hare, F.J. Treanor, J.S. Hines, C. Harrison-Smith Front row- W.J. Connors, A.J. Dean, Lieut J.O. Ingram, Nav.Instr. A.E. Monro, Sir Henry B. Jackson, Capt. W.H. Montanaro, Lieut. W.J. Le Lacheur, Lieut. E.F. McLeod, Lieut. W.F. Watson, H.C. Armitage, W.L. Sheffield. (Copyright © Royal New Zealand Navy Museum. Photo number ABX 0014. All enquiries for use: https://forms.nzdf.mil.nz/navy/museum/contactform.asp )

ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE, [ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE GREENWICH] c1917 Officers Group Photo.Back row- …

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Robert Gerrard AWMM
  • Surname
    Allen AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Charles Robert Gerard Allen AWMM
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

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  • Birth
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  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Allen (wife), C/o NZ Bank, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 22 December 1916 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
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  • Enlistment
    WW1 6 December 1916 AWMM
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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
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Medical history

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    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
    Unfit Hasler Influenza AWMM

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Bertha Margaret Allen (nee Fox)

    Promoted to Lieutenant 6 December 1917

    Name spelled variously by BDM as Gerrard and Gerard

    RNVR - Palmer Recruit 1916 serving in HMML 291 at Portsmouth at September 1918 AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    1952 AWMM
    Age 71 AWMM
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